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Novel exon nucleotide deletion causes adrenoleukodystrophy in a Brazilian family.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 18 Jan 2011
Valadares E R, Trindade A L C, Oliveira L R, Arantes R R, Daker M V, Viana B M, Haase V G, Jardim L B, Lopes G C, Godard A L B
Abstract excerpt
Adrenoleukodystrophy is a neurodegenerative X-linked recessive disorder. It is characterized by abnormal function of peroxisomes, which leads to an accumulation of very long-chain fatty acids in plasma and tissues, especially in the cortex of adrenal glands and white matter of the central nervous system, causing demyelinating disease and adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison's disease). It is caused by a mutation...
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